Chapter 685 The Culprit
After casting more than a dozen Wushuang Bans in a row and finally escaping from the range of Yin Qi, Duan Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But he still didn't dare to slack off and continued to run forward without stopping for a moment.
At this time, Huyan Heng had already escaped from the range of Yin Qi before Duan Qing.
The red-eyed ghost chased to the edge of the Yin Qi, looked at the backs of Duan Qing and Huyan Heng, and roared angrily, which frightened the nearby ghosts.
After leaving the range of Yin Qi, Duan Qing ran out for more than ten feet, and suddenly felt his body lighten.
Leaving the restricted air range of Diling City!
Duan Qing's face was happy, and without hesitation, he immediately performed the sword-controlling technique and soared into the sky.
Flying all the way under the clouds, seeing that the red-eyed ghost did not chase him, Duan Qing was completely relieved and lifted the Suzaku Transformation and other spells.
After lifting the spells, Duan Qing did not rush to find Huyan Heng.
He first penetrated into the clouds, took out the spiritual liquid and drank it, and after recovering the spiritual power he had consumed before, he left the clouds and approached Hu Yanheng in the distance.
"Is Daoist Fellow Hu Yan all right?" Duan Qing sent a voice message to Hu Yanheng.
Hu Yanheng glanced at Duan Qing, but did not respond. He just nodded slightly, looking a little lonely.
Duan Qing knew that Hu Yanheng was probably blaming himself for Liu Wanhan's death.
After all, if Hu Yanheng had not blasted the red-eyed ghost in front of Liu Wanhan, Liu Wanhan would have escaped now.
"Life and death are determined by fate, Daoist Fellow Hu Yan, don't think too much!" Duan Qing sighed.
No one wants to see Liu Wanhan's death.
The two of them took the initiative to stay and fight for Liu Wanhan's chance of escape, which was originally a good intention.
But they did not expect such an accident to happen.
Hu Yanheng still did not respond to Duan Qing's comfort, and remained silent, flying forward on his own.
Duan Qing sighed softly when he saw this, and said nothing more.
The deceased is gone, and it is meaningless to investigate the cause of Liu Wanhan's death.
The most urgent task now is to go to the Five Elements Sect and complete the task assigned by Huaying.
The Five Elements Sect is located in the north of Diling City and the north of Lingzhou, about 100,000 miles away from Diling City.
At the speed of Duan Qing and Hu Yanheng, they can arrive in about three days at most.
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Three days later, the Five Elements Mountain where the Five Elements Sect is located is finally in sight.
Along the way, Duan Qing was shocked to find that five or six out of ten of the mortal cities he passed by on the road had turned into ghost cities like Diling City, which can be said to be full of yin energy.
But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he and Hu Yanheng did not stop at all, and directly bypassed the ghost city on the way and went straight to the Five Elements Mountain.
Looking at a small mortal city shrouded in yin energy at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain from a distance, Duan Qing felt surprised and a little numb.
No wonder the Five Elements Sect was so anxious to ask for help from the various sects in the Central Plains. Even their own gates had been captured by ghosts. It was no wonder that the Five Elements Sect was unable to take care of the Earth Spirit City!
Duan Qing was now thinking about getting to the Five Elements Sect as soon as possible. After completing the task, he could rush back to the Shinto Sect and send the talisman to Xue Wanyun to remove the Wuxiang Seal.
So he really didn't want to make any more trouble.
In view of this, Duan Qing wanted to bypass the mortal city shrouded by the Yin Qi at the foot of the mountain and head directly to the Five Elements Mountain.
However, when he was halfway around, he saw a black-robed man suddenly fly out of the mortal city at the foot of the mountain.
The black-robed man was extremely fast, even faster than Duan Qing's full speed.
After leaving the city, he flew all the way west.
It seemed that he saw Duan Qing and Hu Yanheng in front of him. The black-robed man was obviously stunned, and then immediately changed his route to bypass the two.
At this time, a group of monks flew out from Diling City one after another. A white-haired old man was far ahead, flying in the front, chasing the black-robed man.
Seeing Duan Qing and the others, the white-haired old man was overjoyed and shouted to them from a distance: "Please stop this villain!"
Duan Qing heard the voice and his heart moved. He looked at the fleeing black-robed man again.
He saw that almost his entire body was covered in a wide black robe. With the moonlight, he could vaguely see that his face and hands were all wrapped in black cloth.
Seeing that the black-robed man was about to bypass him, Duan Qing had no intention of taking action.
And Hu Yanheng beside him was the same, without any movement.
The opportunity was fleeting. Without Duan Qing and the others to stop him, the black-robed man successfully escaped and his figure quickly disappeared into the sky.
Seeing that he could not catch up with the black-robed man, the white-haired old man could not help but sigh and glared at Duan Qing and the others.
He flew in front of Duan Qing and the other man, stopped them, and shouted angrily: "Who are you? Why didn't you take action just now?"
Observing the white-haired old man closely, Duan Qing realized that he had seen this man before.
No wonder he felt that this man's voice seemed to have been heard somewhere before.
When he returned to the Shinto Sect from the Ten Thousand Corpses Cave, he went to an inn called Zuixianju to buy Zuixian wine for Xue Wanyun.
At that time, the old man was sloppy and appeared in the inn. He also tried to force the Zuixian wine he had already obtained, but was finally rejected by him.
Now it seems that he was wrong!
This man could not let him see any flaws at that time, and his cultivation was obviously far above his.
Finding that the white-haired old man was the one who forced him to buy wine that year, Duan Qing felt a little surprised in his heart, but his expression was still normal.
"Junior Shinto Sect Duan Qing, this is Wuxiang Sect Hu Yanheng Daoyou, the two of us have been ordered to go to the Five Elements Sect to rush to help!" Duan Qing introduced expressionlessly.
The white-haired old man seemed not to recognize Duan Qing. When he heard Duan Qing say that he was a supporter, he became even more angry.
"Hmph, I think you are more of a hindrance than a help. The thief just now was the culprit of the ghost chaos, but you let him go!" The white-haired old man said angrily.
Hearing the white-haired old man say this, Duan Qing's face changed slightly, and then he said with a bitter face: "It's not that we don't want to take action. The senior has also seen that our cultivation is low, and I'm afraid we can't stop that person!"
What he said was half true and half false.
He didn't take action just now, of course, he didn't know the identities of the two parties and didn't want to cause trouble.
In addition, he was also afraid that the black-robed man was very fast and was not sure to stop him.
"What an excuse! You just need to stop that person for a moment, and I can keep him!" The white-haired old man was still angry and stared at Duan Qing and Hu Yanheng angrily.
At this time, his eyes staring at Duan Qing suddenly shuddered slightly, as if he remembered something.
"It's you!" The white-haired old man pointed at Duan Qing and said in surprise.
Duan Qing knew that he must have remembered the wine purchase that year.
"It is the junior!" Duan Qing said calmly without changing his expression.
"Humph!" The white-haired old man snorted coldly, but did not say anything more.
At this time, a group of monks who were hanging behind the white-haired old man also followed from the city one after another and stopped behind the white-haired old man.
Among them, a woman who arrived last just stopped and complained to the white-haired old man: "Grandpa, who are you angry with again!"
The person was wearing a lavender long skirt, tall, delicate, and had a lively temperament in her every move.